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Kailani

Pronounced K AY1 L AA1 N IY0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2022
  • 45 years in use
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How popular is Kailani?

Kailani is a girls' name, and first appears in 1980. It has been given to 12,075 children — the 1,271st most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about five times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 1,413 children were given it.

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2022Girls: 1,413Boys: 8

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
K AY1 L AA1 N IY0
Stress pattern:
110
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Kailani

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Kailani

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Kailani?
Kailani ranks 1,271st among girls' names in US records, with 12,075 births since 1980. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,339.
Is Kailani a unisex name?
No. Kailani is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kailani most popular?
2022, when 1,413 children were given the name. It has been in use for 45 years and is still recorded as of 2024.